by lsmith | Aug 28, 2026 | Applique Quilting, Classes
I hear you. You want to make the Poinsettia Runner. I know. It’s the one that makes people stop and stare. It’s the one that gets touched, photographed, and coveted at every guild meeting and show. I see your messages. I know what you want. Here’s...
by lsmith | Aug 18, 2026 | Patterns
Most children remember being told: no running in the house, no running with scissors, and for goodness sake, stop fooling around. Well — now that we are all grown up, we can spool around all we want! I still wouldn’t recommend running with scissors though. And I...
by lsmith | Aug 18, 2026 | Patterns, Quilting Tips
In my previous life — the one before quilting consumed me entirely — I traveled extensively for work. I found myself in some very unusual places: the bowels of hospitals, maintenance yards for trains, alongside bottling machines for soda, inside nuclear power plants,...
by lsmith | Aug 18, 2026 | Patterns
My first encounter with wildfire came years ago while working at a federal facility in South Carolina. They were performing prescribed burns — controlled fires designed to clear dead foliage and prevent something larger from igniting later. Only this one got a little...
by lsmith | Aug 9, 2026 | Quilting Tips
August is rolling through and the kids are getting ready to go back to school. Mine kids are well past that, but I did get more time to see them this summer! In between those precious visits, I was busy teaching and publishing new patterns for all of...
by lsmith | Jul 17, 2026 | Patterns, Quilting Tips
July is here and I am hiding in the air conditioning! If you are too, there’s something new waiting for you this...
by lsmith | Jun 18, 2026 | Quilting Tips
Quilt Projects and Home Repairs Have More in Common Than You Think Why is it that we learn our best lessons the hard way? A week ago, I shared a little progress on the Quilting… You Say? Quilt Along — proudly showing off my first word, “Appliqué.” Before I...
by lsmith | Jun 18, 2026 | Patterns
How many of you have heard the phrase Keep Calm and Carry On? It started as a British morale poster in World War II — Churchill’s era, soldier on, make the best of things. Quilters, being the resourceful souls they are, have made it their own: Quilt On. I love...
by lsmith | Jun 7, 2026 | Quilting Tips
Press open, press toward one side or the other, spin the seams… is there a rhyme or reason to any of these directions?? Seam allowances are just as important in quilting as the cutting and the quilting. Most of us know that the 1/4″ seam allowance is just...
by lsmith | Jun 1, 2026 | Patterns
June is here, and so is a fresh batch of patterns. Whether you’re planning your next big project or just browsing for inspiration, there’s something new waiting for you this...
